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“Maze Rice” Anime Delights Fans – Creator Ryoko Kuai’s Love for Games and Fantasy World Spark Excitement

Following “Furien Burial”, the dungeon food animation “Delicious In Dungeon” (Delicious In Dungeon), which will be aired in January 2024, has gained popularity in overseas communities and in the first episode alone.mediaAt the same time, on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter), not only the performance of one of the protagonists, “Half-elf Marucil”, amused many fans, but the interest of the original author Ryoko Kuai also became a topic of discussion among fans.

“Labyrinth Rice” is Mr. Kuai’s first full-length work serialized in Kadokawa’s manga magazine “Haruka” since 2014. The story describes the human Leos, together with the half-elf Maru, in order to save his sister Faline who was swallowed by a fire dragon in the dungeon. Hill and the halfling Kilchak went to the rescue, and unexpectedly met Xianxi, a dwarf who was good at cooking monster dishes. The four of them started a dungeon gourmet adventure in search of dragons and delicious food.

In the story of the first episode, the most eye-catching thing is the walking mushroom and scorpion hot pot dish made by the dwarf Xianxi for the first time. However, what became a meme is Malusil’s “Big Opposition Street Dance” specially interpreted by the TRIGGER production team.

Different from the original comic, the moving Maluciel expressed her protest against eating monsters by rolling on the ground and even performing handstand movements similar to hip-hop dance.

Soon, in the few days after the animation was aired, many creators have extended Malusil’s movements and drawn them into hip-hop versions or attack move animations.

In addition, even the scene where Maluciel is captured by the piranha has become a subject of secondary creation.

“Fulillian the Buried”, which also attracted attention for its fantasy world adventure, immediately became a topic of discussion among fans after the animated version of “Maze Rice” was launched. The “square” and “triangular” drawings of Maluseel’s figure became a topic of discussion.

Of course, there are also time-travel scenes where fans imagine that two groups of adventurers meet together. If Fulian blows away the monster with one move, Laos will be sad, or the two dwarves Ai Ran and Xian Xi study cooking together, highlighting the These two works are deeply loved by fans.

In fact, after the premiere of the “Maze Rice” animation, it sparked heated discussions among overseas communities about the adaptation of the story in a “fantasy setting”, which in turn led to the leak of information that Mr. Kuai loves games.

Many overseas fans only discovered Mr. Kuai’s work after the animation of “Maze Rice”Personal blogHe has drawn many game characters, such as the “Pathfinder” series, “Planascape Torment”, “Sunless Sea”, and even the NPC character heads of the first and second generations of “Baldur’s Gate” drawn by his teacher. picture.

Perhaps it is the combination of his love for fantasy worlds and the elements of gourmet cooking that allowed Mr. Kuai to create such an interesting adventure story as “Maze Rice”. With the original serialization ending last year, overseas fans are even more looking forward to the animated adaptation. development of.

Produced by TRIGGER Animation, the animated adaptation of Ryoko Kuai’s fantasy food comic “Maze Rice” has been exclusively broadcast on Netflix on January 4, 2024. It is expected to be broadcast for two consecutive seasons and will be broadcast until June. The theme song is BUMP OF CHICKEN Sung by “Sleep Walking Orchestra”.

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